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Photogenic drawing can be traced back to 1802, when Thomas Wedgwood reported his experiments in recording images on paper or leather sensitized with silver.
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The first Camera was made in 1816 by Nicephore niepce
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Tests using Silver chloride coated paper to see "negatives" of silhouettes.
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Suggests use of Albumen for printing paper. Albumen paper was never patented and was used a lot for 40 years.
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Roger Fenton was the worlds first war photographer in 1855 in the crimean war.
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The first photographic filters were invented in 1878 by Fredderik Waten.
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The first flashlight powder was invented in Germany in 1887 by Adolf Miethe and Johannes Gaedicke.
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The first camera film was invented by George Eastman in 1889
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Research helped lead to panchromatic film using sensitising dyes. This film is sensitive to all visible colours.
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Roy Staab was born in 1941 and is a american artist that specialises in photography.
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In 1947, American physicist Dr. Edwin Land invented a one-step process for developing and printing photos.
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Mitch Epstein, Born 1952 in Holyoke, Massachusetts. His photographs are in major museums including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Museum of Modern Art.
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The first digital camera was made in 1985 by the company Eastman Kodak by a man called Steve Sasson.
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The first DSLR camera was made by Nikon in 1999 and was a 2.74 megapixel camera.